Budget: ₹150 crore for biomass collectionThe inability to collect biomass at an economically viable price has been one of the key reasons holding back the expansion of compressed b...
02 Feb, 2024, 01.46 PM IST
IIT-Kanpur reviews 'startup gateway for garbage-free cities'The program aims to provide support to startups working at the intersection of technology and social innovation. This support will help the...
14 Apr, 2023, 05.00 PM IST
Sebi’s sustainability reporting rule ups demand for ESG toolsThe capital markets regulator has made business responsibility and sustainability reporting (BRSR) compulsory for the top 1,000 listed firm...
04 Jul, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
Biomass project to turn agri waste into green fuelThe briquettes are compressed and are a proven way of generating energy from waste. They contain various organic materials such as rice hus...
02 Jun, 2021, 12.46 AM IST
Porsche and Volkswagen Group might enter Formula OneIt depends if the next engine regulations due to be introduced in 2025 promote sustainable fuel.
04 Mar, 2021, 01.55 PM IST
Discarded PPE kits at airports pose new biomedical waste challengeThe six busiest airports in India — Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Chennai — are together handling more than 6,000 kilos ...
04 Dec, 2020, 10.31 AM IST
Covid-19 heaps up bio waste at airportsThe six busiest airports in India — Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Chennai — are together handling more than 6,000 kilos ...
03 Dec, 2020, 10.46 PM IST
10 startups selected for cohort 7 of the Target Accelerator ProgramThe startups will focus on leveraging technology to create solutions for the retail environment and enhance the shopping experiences of Tar...
28 Aug, 2019, 01.55 PM IST
NTPC plans 5,000-mw ultra-mega solar plant in Kutch worth Rs 20,000 crore investmentFurther, he said NTPC is also planning to tie up with municipalities to produce electricity from solid waste.
19 Aug, 2019, 09.11 PM IST
Rs 100-crore plan to discourage crop burning, improve Delhi airThe state governments will help cooperatives of unemployed youth set up custom hiring centres that will loan out the Happy Seeder machines ...
31 Jan, 2018, 01.30 AM IST
With new technologies and knowledge of segregation, India is fast learning how to manage its wasteWaste-to-energy plants using organic matter are mushrooming in India, as newer technology brings ease of use and good returns on investment...
21 May, 2017, 12.24 AM IST
- Green Up Nashik organises demonstration of waste to compost
Green Up Nashik had organised a demonstration of waste to compost management in a portable machine on Saturday morning in the presence of m...
14 May, 2016, 07.44 PM IST
Health Ministry asks NGOs to adopt hospital wards, improve cleanliness under 'Kayakalp' initiative"I seek NGOs participation in creating awareness about promotive and preventive health at the grassroots, the level where the NGOs work," N...
09 Jul, 2015, 04.27 PM IST
Soon UPSRTC may introduce 'poo bus' that runs on human and household wasteTransport officials said all cities across the 75 districts could have these buses. The poop of 100 humans, they said, can fuel a 200-km ri...
24 Jun, 2015, 11.21 AM IST
BJP to clean rivers in Kerala capitalBJP workers will take up the cleaning of Karamana, Killi rivers and Parvathy Puthanar canal, once considered to be the live nerves of the c...
09 Nov, 2014, 01.31 PM IST
Spain to work with Punjab on renewable energy, waste managementSpanish Ambassador Gustavo De Aristegui has offered to Punjab in the fields of water treatment, agro and food processing, bio-waste managem...
04 Nov, 2014, 03.45 PM IST
18 hospitals served notices for ignoring rules for bio-wasteNotices have also been slapped on the Shrishti Institute of Medical Science & Research Centre, Korba, Mission Hospital, Bilaspur and other ...
04 May, 2014, 04.05 PM IST